Nuclear Power Benefits From Republican Wins, NRG Says

[jpak]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-03/nuclear-power-gains-clout-in-republican-house-takeover-nrg-says.html

Electricity producers such as NRG Energy Inc. and Southern Co. will benefit as Republicans who won control of the U.S. House yesterday promote nuclear power as part of clean-energy legislation.

Requirements for the use of renewable power to reduce carbon emissions and encourage U.S. energy independence may win passage if nuclear plants are added to the wind turbines and solar panels favored by environmentalists, said David Crane, chief executive officer of Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG.

“A lot of the things we’re trying to do in Washington to move forward with zero- and low-carbon generation is something that at least the mainstream of the Republican Party wants to support -- nuclear power in particular,” Crane said in an interview. “It’s not just California and Oregon tree-huggers.”

Republicans retook the House of Representatives yesterday with a net gain of at least 60 seats, their biggest increase since 1938. They also scored a net gain of at least six seats in the Senate, though Democrats retained control of that chamber.

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[bananas]

1. over at republicancrackpots.com they are cheering

[joshcryer]

2. That site doesn't exist. :(

I wanted to see Republican Crackpots being crackpots.

[bananas]

3. It's a metaphor

[kristopher]

4. What is really a hoot

... is how hard the nuclear supporters here try to pretend that nuclear power isn't a part of the entrenched energy system being promoted and protected by the Republican party.